BERNIE SANDERS CALLS OUT ANTI-MEDICARE FOR ALL 'FRONT GROUP'

[Uncle Joe]

93. They made enough in profits to spend 23 million dollars in lobbying and that's just

Blue Cross Blue Shield per the OP

Members of the partnership spent a combined $143 million in 2018, including $23 million in lobbying money from insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield and nearly $28 million from pharmaceutical industry trade group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics.

They also made enough in profits to just pay their CEOs alone in salary and compensation packages of 342.6 million dollars in 2017

Nearly every health insurance CEO got a pay raise in 2017—in most cases, bringing home more than 300 times the amount their average employee earned.

All together, CEOs at the nation’s largest insurance companies earned $342.6 million in 2017, with the highest-paid executive bringing home $83.2 million, more than 1,400 times what the average employee brought home.

The top eight insurance companies paid out twice as much money to their top executives as they did the previous year thanks to notable churn in C-suites across the industry, according to an analysis of SEC filings by FierceHealthcare. The review included Aetna, Cigna, Molina, WellCare, Centene, UnitedHealth Group, Humana and Anthem.

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Molina shelled out $34.7 million to two different executives. Most of that went to former CEO J. Mario Molina, M.D., who was fired by the board of directors in May of last year. Molina took home $30.5 million, which included nearly $25 million in vested stock and a $5 million severance payment.

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https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/ceo-pay-2017-342-million-unitedhealth-molina-cigna-aetna

How much health care would those sums of money alone cover?

And of course that's not even the entire picture of their profits, just a sampling.

In comparison the President of the entire nation

Like the typical American, the president of the United States is on salary. Unlike the typical American worker, who brings in about $44,564 a year, the president is paid $400,000 a year, plus an extra expense allowance of $50,000 a year, a $100,000 non-taxable travel account and $19,000 for entertainment.Feb 19, 2018
How much the president on the United States gets paid - CNBC.com
https://www.cnbc.com/.../how-much-the-president-on-the-united-states-gets-paid.html